- 1). Cut a 3-foot long section of silk beading thread. Run the thread through beading wax to prevent the fibers from fraying as you stitch.
- 2). Thread a size 10 beading needle with the waxed thread, pulling the thread at least 10 inches through the eye. Pick up one size 11 seed bead with the needle and slide it to within one inch of the end of the longest thread. Insert the needle through the bead three times to anchor it onto the waxed thread.
- 3). String five more size 11 seed beads onto the thread and slide them to the anchor bead. Insert the needle through the anchor bead and pull the thread taut. You have made a circle that is the base row for your necklace tube.
- 4). Pick up one size 11 seed bead. Skip the first bead next to the anchor bead and pass the beading needle through the second bead away from the anchor bead in the circle. Pull the thread taut. You are beginning to work a tubular peyote stitch.
- 5). Pick one size 11 seed bead. Skip the first bead next to the bead where your beading needle is exiting. Pass the needle through the second bead in the circle from the bead where your needle is exiting. Pull the thread taut.
- 6). Repeat Step 5. The bead you pass your needle through should be the anchor bead at the beginning of the circle. You have now worked a tubular peyote stitch around the circle once.
- 7). Step up by passing the needle through the bead adjacent to the anchor bead that is the bead you added in Step 4. "Stepping up" refers to beginning the next row of your beading design.
- 8). Continue to work the peyote stitch until your necklace is the desired length; add one bead, skip a bead and pass through the second bead. Step up after every third bead you add.
- 9). Add a clasp to the end of the necklace tube by stringing six size 11 seed beads to the thread as it exits the last seed bead in the tube. Thread the needle through one section of the clasp. Insert the needle back down into a seed bead in the tube pattern. Pull the thread taut. Work the thread through the beads in the last row of the necklace and back around the clasp several times to anchor the clasp.
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Cut a 12-inch section of beading thread and wax it. Tie one end of the thread to the tail thread dangling from the anchor bead at the beginning of the necklace tube with a square knot. Thread the needle with the opposite end of the thread. - 11
Add six size 11 seed beads and the remaining section of clasp. Insert the needle back down into the first row of the necklace tube. Work the thread through the row, around the clasp and back through the row beads several times to anchor the clasp.
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